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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10, 191S 



A Year's Business at Louisville 



Alfrwl Struck ot I.dulsvilli', K.v.. Ijuurd of tnidi', iiud clialrmiin of tin- 

 lumber comnimittof, recently iniule a report on the year's business in that 

 city, and since the conditions there may he taken as an index to condl 

 tions throughout the country, a briel' summary of the report Is here given. 



The retail lumber business has been very much affected by the cur 

 tallment of building operations, caused by the war. Although millions ol' 

 feet of lumber were required in the construction of the cantonment builil 

 ings, the amount bought locally for this work formed only a small propor- 

 tion. Prices, however, have been advancing, and. becausi' of the diffl- 

 cultles of replenishing stocks, there was not much cutting of prices. 

 Dealers are taking matters philosophically, and are not losing their heads, 

 but are hoping for developments that will improve conditions in this line. 



Wholesale and manufacturing lines have been in a chaotic condition 

 and prices have gone soaring and stocks are depleted. Furniture fac- 

 tories have had a good year. 



The production ot veneers might be classed as a new feature. A new 

 factory has been built and the old plants have produced veneers in large 

 amounts. 



Building operations were of small moment, the poorest that Louisville 

 has known In several years. 



Pittsburgh's Building Laws 

 In Pittsburgh a rather \iiiiinii'. but ii.virthidess extremely excellent 

 means has been devised to lurmulate a new building ordinance. A secre- 

 tary-engineer has been appointed under salary and given a suite of otiices 

 and the services of a stcuograidier. and is. by constructive methods, 

 arranging a new building ordinance which bids fair to excel in brevity 

 and simplicity anything of its kind. This secretary-engineer arranges 

 one section of the ordinance at a time and presents it to the building 

 code commission for their discussion, but previous to this, representatives 

 of various materials such as lumber, steel, cement and others are per- 

 mitted to present recommendations for consideration. The Imilding code 

 commission consists of one architect, an engineer, one builder, an insur- 

 ance man and an attorney at law. Before the code is put before the 

 city government for action, it is discussed by the local chapter of the 

 Institute of Architects, the Society of Engineers, Builders Exchange, 

 Insurance Exchange, as well as other interested bodies, in order that each 

 part may be carefully discussed and objectionable matter eliminated be- 

 fore it is finally made a law. 



New Demurrage Regulations 



The secretary of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago. B. E. Hooper. 

 Informed members of the association on February 5 that certain changes 

 in demurrage regulations on the railroads would take effect February 10. 

 The text of the secretary's letter follows : 



Cancelling order No. 3 the director general of railroads in order No. 7 

 provides that, effective Feb. 10. 1018. all railroads must amend their tariffs 

 to conform to the following changes in demurrage rules, regulations and 

 charges: 



A. (1) Forty-eight hours' free time for loading or unloading on all 

 commodities. 



(2) Twenty-four hours' free time on cars held for any other purpose 

 permitted by tariff. 



B. That the average agreement rule be permitted, but that it apply 

 solely to cars held for unloading. 



C. That under the average rules the number of days on which debits 

 accrue be made four Instead of five. 



D. That the demurrage charge on all cars, after the expiration of the 

 free time allowed, be .^S for each of the first four days, .$6 for each of the 

 next three days, and ^10 for each succeeding day. 



B. That the bunching rule be reinstated with the following change 

 In paragraph 2 : When, as the result of the act or neglect of any carrier, 

 cars originating at the same point or at intermediate points moving via 

 the same route and destined for one consignee, at one point, are bunched 

 at originating point, in transit, or at destination, and delivered by the 

 carrier in accumulated numbers in excess of daily shipments, the consignee 

 shall be allowed such free time as he would have been entitled to had the 

 cars been delivered in accordance with the daily rate of shipment. Claim 

 to be presented to carriers' agent within fifteen days. These charges are to 

 supersede all those named in any existing tariffs applicable to aarload 

 freight except: (1) Cars loaded with live stock; (2) empty cars placed 

 for loading coal at mines or mine sidings or coke at coke ovens and cars 

 under load at mines or mine sidings or coke at coke ovens ; (3) foreign 

 export freight awaiting ships at ports ; (4) coal for transshipment at tide- 

 water or lake ports; (5) empty private cars stored on railroad or private 

 tracks, provided such cars have not been placed or tendered for loading 

 on the orders of a shipper. 



Hardwood News Notes 



=< MISCELLANEOUS >= 



The Southern Treenail Company has been incorporated at Burnsville, 

 N. C. ; capital, $10,000. 



The Betts Lumber Company has recently commenced business at Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., wholesaling lumber. 



A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Mogtil Motor 

 Truck Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



Atwood Brothers have incorporated under same name at Whitman, 

 Mass., with a capital of $300,000. 



VON PLATEN 

 LUMBER CO. 



IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH. 



Manufacturers of 

 Northern Hardwoods 



Northwestern 

 Cooperage and Lumber Co. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



Western Office: Mills at Gladstone and 



516 Ltunker Exchange, Minneapolis. Minn. Escanaba. Mich. 

 Chicago Office: 812 Monadnock Block 



Manufacturers of the following 



"PEERLESS" STANDARD BRAND PRODUCTS 

 Hardwood Flooring, Staves, Hoops, Heading 

 and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, 

 Posts, Poles and Ties, and Hemlock Tern Bark 



Herbert C. Jones has been appointed temporary receiver for the Clark, 

 Randall Miles Chair Company, Shelbyville, Ind. 



The Carolina Veneer Company, Columbia, S. C, is reported to have 

 sustained a fire loss. 



The Caldwell Lumber Company, Oil City, Pa., has sold out to the Oil 

 City Woodworking Manufacturing Company. 



The capital stock of the Dudley Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., is 

 now .$75,000, it recently having been increased to this amount. 



At Richmond, Va., the Collapsible Box Corporation, has incorporated 

 at $500,000, as has the Wilson Mill & Lumber Company, Rural Hall, N. 

 C. at $25,000. 



The C. W. Kotcher Lumber Company has incorporated at Detroit, Mich. 



The Brooklyn Show Case Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the Rochester 

 Parlor Furniture Company, Rochester, N. 1'., are involuntary bankrupts. 



The Kentucky Veneer Works has been incorporated for $100,000 at 

 Louisville, Ky. 



Other incorporations are : The Allaire Woodworking Corporation, Rich- 

 mond, Va., capital $225,000 ; Western Carolina Lumber Company, Burns- 

 ville, N. C, capital $150,000; M. N. Offutt Lumber Company, Hunting- 

 ton, W. Va. ; the Randolph Lumber & Chair Manufacturing Company, 

 Ashboro, N. C, and the J. Elwood Cox Manufacturing Company, High 

 Point, N. C. 



-< CHICAGO >-= 



Among the Chicago visitors this past month was W. S. Hall of Mallison 

 & Co., London, England. When last seen he was conferring with W. O. 

 King of Chicago, and we anticipate that the undersea boats will have 

 some lumber to shoot at some of these days. 



The conference between the forty-odd lumber manufacturers and wagon 

 manufacturers' committees here week before last didn't seem to get very 

 far toward meeting the ideas of the wagon men on dimension stock and 

 selling large quantities of boxboards. However, it is only a question of 

 time, in order to complete contracts, that the w-agon men will have to 

 meet conditions of the lumber manufacturers. We understand the figures 

 paid for these wagons by the government were at a good run of prices, 

 and why should wagon manufacturers expect to have the cream of woods, 

 after a tree is cut up into dimension, at $10 less than the lumber should 

 be sold at? 



Walnut operators who had one of the busiest years In their history, 

 were in town the other day preparing to work out the government's 

 problems on gunstocks, airplane material and other specialties which the 

 material and production departments of the signal corps have been utiliz- 

 ing in flying machine manufacture. Their conferences have been very 

 beneficial and they have a wider range of touch on raw material and 

 specialty producing for our government and allies. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Goodman of Marinette, Wis., came on to Chicago 



